PRIMARY CUTANEOUS CRYPTOCOCCOSIS IN AN IMMUNOCOMPROMIZED PIGEON KEEPER

Authors
GOONETILLEKE AKE KRAUSE K SLATER DN DEV D WOOD ML BASRAN GS
Citation
Ake. Goonetilleke et al., PRIMARY CUTANEOUS CRYPTOCOCCOSIS IN AN IMMUNOCOMPROMIZED PIGEON KEEPER, British journal of dermatology, 133(4), 1995, pp. 650-652
Citations number
17
Categorie Soggetti
Dermatology & Venereal Diseases
Journal title
British journal of dermatology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00070963
Volume
133
Issue
4
Year of publication
1995
Pages
650 - 652
Database
ISI
SICI code
0007-0963(1995)133:4<650:PCCIAI>2.0.ZU;2-4
Abstract
We report the case of a pigeon keeper with CD4 lymphopenia, not associ ated with human immunodeficiency virus infection, who developed primar y cutaneous cryptococcosis at the site of a pigeon peck.